Scam someone out of something
I read it on the following sentence:
... to scam people out of their cash.
I didn't find any entries on "scam out of" as a phrasal verb in online dictionaries.
Should I interpret "scam" and "out of" as separate constructions here?
Like "to scam" people until they run "out of their cash"?
Thanks!
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I read it on the following sentence:
... to scam people out of their cash.
I didn't find any entries on "scam out of" as a phrasal verb in online dictionaries.
Should I interpret "scam" and "out of" as separate constructions here?
Like "to scam" people until they run "out of their cash"?
Thanks!
grammar verbs
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I read it on the following sentence:
... to scam people out of their cash.
I didn't find any entries on "scam out of" as a phrasal verb in online dictionaries.
Should I interpret "scam" and "out of" as separate constructions here?
Like "to scam" people until they run "out of their cash"?
Thanks!
grammar verbs
I read it on the following sentence:
... to scam people out of their cash.
I didn't find any entries on "scam out of" as a phrasal verb in online dictionaries.
Should I interpret "scam" and "out of" as separate constructions here?
Like "to scam" people until they run "out of their cash"?
Thanks!
grammar verbs
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I would interpret "out of" as its own thing, since it's used with other verbs, all with similar meanings:
- Bamboozle someone out of something
- Bilk someone out of something
- Bullshit someone out of something
- Charm someone out of something
- Cheat someone out of something
- Con someone out of something
- Dupe someone out of something
- Finesse someone out of something
- Hustle someone out of something
- Persuade someone out of something
- Swindle someone out of something
- Talk someone out of something
- Trick someone out of something
"Out of" even has its own definition in Merriam-Webster:
used as a function word to indicate exclusion from or deprivation of
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I would interpret "out of" as its own thing, since it's used with other verbs, all with similar meanings:
- Bamboozle someone out of something
- Bilk someone out of something
- Bullshit someone out of something
- Charm someone out of something
- Cheat someone out of something
- Con someone out of something
- Dupe someone out of something
- Finesse someone out of something
- Hustle someone out of something
- Persuade someone out of something
- Swindle someone out of something
- Talk someone out of something
- Trick someone out of something
"Out of" even has its own definition in Merriam-Webster:
used as a function word to indicate exclusion from or deprivation of
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I would interpret "out of" as its own thing, since it's used with other verbs, all with similar meanings:
- Bamboozle someone out of something
- Bilk someone out of something
- Bullshit someone out of something
- Charm someone out of something
- Cheat someone out of something
- Con someone out of something
- Dupe someone out of something
- Finesse someone out of something
- Hustle someone out of something
- Persuade someone out of something
- Swindle someone out of something
- Talk someone out of something
- Trick someone out of something
"Out of" even has its own definition in Merriam-Webster:
used as a function word to indicate exclusion from or deprivation of
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I would interpret "out of" as its own thing, since it's used with other verbs, all with similar meanings:
- Bamboozle someone out of something
- Bilk someone out of something
- Bullshit someone out of something
- Charm someone out of something
- Cheat someone out of something
- Con someone out of something
- Dupe someone out of something
- Finesse someone out of something
- Hustle someone out of something
- Persuade someone out of something
- Swindle someone out of something
- Talk someone out of something
- Trick someone out of something
"Out of" even has its own definition in Merriam-Webster:
used as a function word to indicate exclusion from or deprivation of
I would interpret "out of" as its own thing, since it's used with other verbs, all with similar meanings:
- Bamboozle someone out of something
- Bilk someone out of something
- Bullshit someone out of something
- Charm someone out of something
- Cheat someone out of something
- Con someone out of something
- Dupe someone out of something
- Finesse someone out of something
- Hustle someone out of something
- Persuade someone out of something
- Swindle someone out of something
- Talk someone out of something
- Trick someone out of something
"Out of" even has its own definition in Merriam-Webster:
used as a function word to indicate exclusion from or deprivation of
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